Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Y Combinator Universe
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Website ycuniverse.com/ Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Patrick Keys is a Silicon Valley professional with twenty years of business and technical experience.
Patrick Keys networks on a daily basis with the entrepreneurs creating the most exciting and innovative products and companies. These days, much of his attention is on early-stage start-ups, particularly those funded by seed money investors
like 500Startups and Y Combinator.
Over the years, Patrick has written numerous articles and commentary for various business journals and technology publications. He presently edits Y Combinator Universe, the largest unofficial collection of useful information about Y Combinator and YC-funded companies.
Patrick Keys incorporated his first start-up, Transtelligent Corporation, in 1999 at the age of 18. Since then, he has been involved with numerous other start-ups.
